Tucano display scheme

I would have thought the BoB Memorial Flight would do a better job at this than a Tucano in fancy dress.

If the Tucano guys want to do this as a tribute to their predecessors of 1940 good on ’em I say.

Nice colours on both, doesn’t the single display hawk normally have the RAFBF heart on it as 307 did last season?

Look forward to seeing the tucano flying this year.

Yes, ofcourse BBMF do a great job, but as I see things it’s a case of the more the merrier. It’s a special scheme to mark a special year, that’s the main point.

I don’t quite understand the negative comment about this special scheme, surely any publicity for the Battle of Britain 70th Anniversary is good publicity??

I would have thought the BoB Memorial Flight would do a better job at this than a Tucano in fancy dress.

I love these commorative colour schemes and the best I’ve seen was the Polish Navy aircraft in RAF Coastal Command scheme from a few years ago. Lets have more of them.

Re the best scheme for being seen. Working as I do at Boscombe Down, on almost a daily basis I see three era’s worth of ideas. All over trainer yellow on the Harvard, Raspberry Ripple on Hawk, Andover, Basset and Chieftan, and overall black on Hawk and Alpha Jet. I understand the black but prefer the other two and in the case of the Harvard if you don’t see it you’ll certainly hear it. 🙂

Hey I didn’t nay-say! The yeah-sayers (is that the opposite of nay-saying?) seem to have the upper hand actually! 🙂

Fair play, old chap… 😉

The WW11 schemes are in my view a great idea for display aircraft.

With regard to the black colours they stand out better than most others against our british sky and when training that’s just what you need. Camouflage may be fine when over the lush fields of Kent or when parked on the ground but if you have seen a Nimrod in grey vanishing into low cloud or viewed from above when over the sea it looks a good idea.

Hi Guys

The Fighter Collection Gladiator is in 72 Sqdn colours as is the Mk1 Spit at Hendon. Hope the Gladiator is up and running this year!

Jon

Christ, what a lot of nay-saying! :rolleyes:

Hey I didn’t nay-say! The yeah-sayers (is that the opposite of nay-saying?) seem to have the upper hand actually! 🙂

I bet if the people that have made this paint job happen read the forum they will wonder why they bother putting in the effort with some of the negative comments been made here.

Perhaps a couple of season of standard schemes will sharpen people’s minds somewhat :p

Christ, what a lot of nay-saying! :rolleyes:

The two squadrons concerned, current in the modern-day RAF, have a fine Battle of Britain history (not to mention their wartime exploits), so why the hell not paint one of their fixed-wing aircraft to commemorate the fact?

(As it happens, there are NO current flying Spitfires representing either of those squadrons (I think the BBMF Mk.IIa has represented one of them – 72).)

Bring it on, I say.

Phew! I’m glad somebody agrees. 🙂

Christ, what a lot of nay-saying! :rolleyes:

The two squadrons concerned, current in the modern-day RAF, have a fine Battle of Britain history (not to mention their wartime exploits), so why the hell not paint one of their fixed-wing aircraft to commemorate the fact?

(As it happens, there are NO current flying Spitfires representing either of those squadrons (I think the BBMF Mk.IIa has represented one of them – 72).)

Bring it on, I say.

Oh well, one thing history tells us is that these colour scheme fads wear-off sooner or later, so black (and grey for the combat aircraft) will doubtless disappear one day in favour of some other “perfect solution” – can’t wait!

…For sure. Someone with egg on their hat will see the display Tucano’s paint scheme at a show somewhere this summer and think, ‘Hey, brown and green. That’s not a bad idea for a camouflage colour scheme, that’… 😉

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It does look nice.

Anything is better than the stupid black scheme. That makes maintenance/inspection harder and solar heating on the ground increases airframe temperature cycling uneccesarily.

I also like the old red and white training scheme with the black anti-dazzle panel.

I never did understand the logic of painting an a/c black “to improve visibility” as I was told. Or removing camo in favour of all over grey.

Indeed… and presumably the vigorous testing comprised of two guys stooging around in the sky for a while, until they decided that black was the best colour. Brilliant. Of course there is no perfect paint scheme, it’s claptrap. You need a different paint scheme for every lighting and weather variation, so you may as well forget about such things and just pick a paint scheme that looks nice.

Unfortunately, to use an old fashion cliche, black has become the new grey. Having painted one aircraft black (wasn’t the Hawk the first victim?), everything has been obliged to follow. Particularly comical is the way that even police and civil helicopters are now faithfully reproducing the standard black/yellow chopper paint scheme. What’s wrong with these people? Are they so lacking in imagination that they have to follow a trend? Or do they think that if they copy the paint scheme they can pretend they’re flying a military helicopter?

Oh well, one thing history tells us is that these colour scheme fads wear-off sooner or later, so black (and grey for the combat aircraft) will doubtless disappear one day in favour of some other “perfect solution” – can’t wait!

Wasn’t the all black brought in because it was reckoned to be easier to see?

Yes, a testing programme proved that black had the highest daytime visual conspicuity (they did not bother to prove it also had the lowest at night!).

Wasn’t the all black brought in because it was reckoned to be easier to see?

I agree speedy the old red, white & grey colours did always look smashing.

The Hawk 2010 dispay scheme for those that are interested

http://www.globalaviationresource.com/reports/2010/2010hawkdisplayscheme.php

It does look nice.

Anything is better than the stupid black scheme. That makes maintenance/inspection harder and solar heating on the ground increases airframe temperature cycling uneccesarily.

I also like the old red and white training scheme with the black anti-dazzle panel.

The more commemorative schemes the better, in my opinion!

I hope I get to see it – I was very disappointed to miss the Hawk’s “Spitfire” paint job the other year.